Monbiot’s List of the Corporate Politicos in Blair’s Government: Part One | Beastrabban\’s Weblog

Last Updated: April 24, 2016By

Chapter six of George Monbiot’s book, Captive State, is entitled ‘The Fat Cats Directory’. The book is about the way big business has wormed its way into government, so that official decisions and policy reflects their interests, not those of Mr and Mrs British Public. In the ‘Fat Cats Directory’ he lists the businessmen and senior managers, who were rewarded with government posts by Tony Blair in May 1997. The list gives the name of the businessman, their ‘previous gluttony’ – a summary of their corporate careers, and ‘Subsequent Creamery’ – their posts in the British government. Those lists are…

… to be read here: Monbiot’s List of the Corporate Politicos in Blair’s Government: Part One | Beastrabban\’s Weblog

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One Comment

  1. Terry Davies April 24, 2016 at 8:05 am - Reply

    noted in the those listed was a Nestle company director?
    he presumably supported Nestles attempt to take private ownership of water.????

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